The weather is finally improving and it looks like Monday is going to be the best we've seen offshore since we arrived here so the plan is to leave in the wee hours that morning. NOAA is prediciting a north wind of 10-15 knts, wind waves of 2 ft and NW swell at 6 ft so sounds good. In the meantime, we'll spend the next 2 days making sure everything is put away, tied down and secured so nothing will fly around inside the cabin. We'll also be plotting the course, inputting waypoints, etc. Since we are getting a later start than we'd originally planned we have decided that we're going to just go straight through to San Francisco...unless we change our minds somewhere down the coast.
While we've been waiting several Portland boats we knew have come and gone and we've had a few nice visits from friends. Rod & Debo came by the night before last and we all went to dinner at a very fun restaurant that served great food in huge proportions. Sue stopped by last night for a beer on her way to her campsite in Hammond. Yesterday Patty made another bach of chocolate chip cookies since we'd managed to eat all of the previous ones and tomorrow I'm planning to make a big pot of goulash (aka chili) to pack in single serving sized proportions that can just be heated up quickly.
Yesterday we went to the Maritime Museum and watched a movie about the treacherous Columbia River Bar. Perhaps not the best choice when that is exactly where we are going!
Michael made French Toast for breakfast so better go eat! Stay tuned...
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